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Grab your battle rifle and don your Spartan armor  Master Chief is back in action. 343 Industries released their first “Making of” video for Halo 4 earlier this week, containing an extremely brief look at in-game footage. Highlights include a revamped HUD geared toward establishing a sense of looking out through Master Chief’s visor, a significant focus on multiplayer (no surprise there), and a storyline heavily focused on Master Chief’s character development. Halo 4 news will begin to ramp up in the near future, as the game is believed to be scheduled for a holiday 2012 release.

In other gaming news this week, we touch on new offerings from the Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, and Resident Evil franchises, Valve’s top-secret gaming console project, Mass Effect 3, and more.

Konami is actively recruiting for a new Metal Gear Solid game. “Snake?! SNAAAAKE!!!”

It’s been a few days since Mass Effect 3 released and it’s getting some very mixed reviews. Industry reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, but some anti-Bioware trolls (many homophobic and “protesting” the inclusion of a gay relationship choice in-game) have taken it upon themselves to vote the title down on Metacritic. We stand behind our commander in the flamewars. Read our tips for playing Mass Effect 3.

After 13 years, Everquest, the game that made MMORPGs cool (or at least, mainstream), is going free-to-play on March 15.

Developer Playdead is looking to take indie game sensation Limbo mobile. No word on whether the mobile version will include a flashlight:

In an intriguing bit of news for EVE Online players, CCP’s Dust 514 will be free-to-play.

The Verge reports that Valve is looking to revolutionize PC gaming with a high-end console tentatively code-named ‘Steam Box’. We, for (a collective) one, hope that name changes.